EP 171: A Straight-Up Approach To High Performance In Today's Business World - David Heinemeier Hansson
Get more out of your day, learn efficiently, and be your best in business
David Heinemeier Hansson is Founder & CTO at Basecamp (formerly 37signals), creator of Ruby on Rails, NYT best-selling author of REWORK and REMOTE, and Le Mans class-winning racing driver. David has a reputation for his straight-up approach to work and productivity, which has made him an opinion leader on the "new world" of business. In this terrific interview, David shares his views on how we can learn any skill efficiently, how to get quality thinking out of our day, how to bring ourselves to the moment, and how we can be our best at work.
Here's what we discuss in this week's show:
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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
David Heinemeier Hansson is Founder & CTO at Basecamp (formerly 37signals), creator of Ruby on Rails, NYT best-selling author of REWORK and REMOTE, and Le Mans class-winning racing driver. David has a reputation for his straight-up approach to work and productivity, which has made him an opinion leader on the "new world" of business. In this terrific interview, David shares his views on how we can learn any skill efficiently, how to get quality thinking out of our day, how to bring ourselves to the moment, and how we can be our best at work.
Here's what we discuss in this week's show:
- When people ask David what he does, how does he like to reply?
- Did the @DHH brand happen intentionally or did David do it to create his personal brand?
- If David wrote the book Rework today, what would he change or include?
- Do we need stillness and silence ("the alone zone") for deep thinking work?
- At age 25, David doesn't have a drivers license, and by the age of 34, he’s on the podium of Le Mans - how?
- David learns by pointing out his flaws, What is the self-imposed process he runs in his mind?
- Take one, take two, take three…the experimental mindset where you are happy to try things
- Is David auditory in his learning and creative side?
- David’s approach to learning
- How David sees and embraces constraints
- "For everyone who loves you, there is someone who hates you.” What is David's philosophy to deal with naysayers?
- A business has to have a point of view, something that you are willing to fight for. Are many companies giving up the fight to get the dollar?
- David’s take on a company having a mission or purpose statement?
- The Individual Contributor, are we likely to see more of it in the future?
- People will say, it’s ok for you because you have millions, it’s different in the REAL WORLD. What is the "real world" like?
- The back cover of Rework states "Inspiration is Perishable." Why?
- David has a few things he deeply loves: Basecamp, Ruby on Rails, photography, car racing. Is he a generalist in his reading and learning?
- What has David eliminated from his world recently that has had a profound effect?
- Stoicism, David’s favourite philosophy
- Why students do not need to be straight A students?
- Does David still do his planning using a Sharpie pen for strategy and to work up ideas?
- How does David use negative visualisation?
The Mojo Radio Show - © Gary Bertwistle & Darren Robertson
Products or companies we discuss are not paid endorsements. They are not sponsored by, nor do we have any professional or affiliate relationship of any kind with any of the companies or products highlighted in the show.... sadly! It’s just stuff we like, think is cool and maybe of interest to you our listeners.
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
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The Greatest Showman | "This Is Me" with Keala Settle | 20th Century Fox
https://youtu.be/XLFEvHWD_NE
The Mojo Radio Theme Song by Crimson Royale
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The Mojo Radio Show
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